The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola,
has vowed to ensure that liabilities and judgment debts incurred against
the state due to negligence of public officers are reduced.
The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye (SAN), said this on Wednesday in Alausa, during a workshop organised by his ministry for the state’s civil servants.
The workshop with the theme, ‘Attaining excellent disciplinary standard and avoiding government liability in employer-employee dispute’ was the second in the ministry’s series of workshops aimed at reducing government’s liabilities.
Ipaye said the governor was worried about public officers’ untimely supply of or failure to give essential information to litigation officers leading to government having to pay for avoidable damages.
He said government’s liabilities often arose in cases of employer-employee disputes years after principal officers who took decisions leading to litigation had retired.
The Solicitor-General of Lagos State and Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN), also affirmed government’s resolve to tackle avoidable debts.
He also warned that any public officer whose failure to supply necessary information resulted in a judgment debt against the state would be held responsible.
“Henceforth, any public officer, who through his negligence or indolence allows the government to incure avoidable liabilities will be held responsible,” Pedro said.
He expressed worry over situations in which government had to reinstate some workers after five to 10 years they were sacked and needed to pay their arrears for the period such workers did not work for.
He attributed the reversal of dismissal of some workers by the courts to the failure of some principal officers to take appropriate steps to discipline erring workers.
According to him, many sacked workers who were truly due for dismissal, had to be called back because due process was not followed while taking disciplinary steps against them.
In his address, Chairman of the occasion, Dr. Olujobi Ososanya, represented by Mr. Israel Alagbe, urged the participants to embrace the tool of arbitration in settling legal disputes.
Ososanya, also the Chairman, Lagos State Civil Service Commission, expressed hope that the workshop would engender effective employer-employee relationship in the state.
By Ade Adesomoju Courtesy Of: Punch
The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye (SAN), said this on Wednesday in Alausa, during a workshop organised by his ministry for the state’s civil servants.
The workshop with the theme, ‘Attaining excellent disciplinary standard and avoiding government liability in employer-employee dispute’ was the second in the ministry’s series of workshops aimed at reducing government’s liabilities.
Ipaye said the governor was worried about public officers’ untimely supply of or failure to give essential information to litigation officers leading to government having to pay for avoidable damages.
He said government’s liabilities often arose in cases of employer-employee disputes years after principal officers who took decisions leading to litigation had retired.
The Solicitor-General of Lagos State and Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN), also affirmed government’s resolve to tackle avoidable debts.
He also warned that any public officer whose failure to supply necessary information resulted in a judgment debt against the state would be held responsible.
“Henceforth, any public officer, who through his negligence or indolence allows the government to incure avoidable liabilities will be held responsible,” Pedro said.
He expressed worry over situations in which government had to reinstate some workers after five to 10 years they were sacked and needed to pay their arrears for the period such workers did not work for.
He attributed the reversal of dismissal of some workers by the courts to the failure of some principal officers to take appropriate steps to discipline erring workers.
According to him, many sacked workers who were truly due for dismissal, had to be called back because due process was not followed while taking disciplinary steps against them.
In his address, Chairman of the occasion, Dr. Olujobi Ososanya, represented by Mr. Israel Alagbe, urged the participants to embrace the tool of arbitration in settling legal disputes.
Ososanya, also the Chairman, Lagos State Civil Service Commission, expressed hope that the workshop would engender effective employer-employee relationship in the state.
By Ade Adesomoju Courtesy Of: Punch
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